Administrator Guide

Table Of Contents
USB Redirection in a VDI session
Upgrading to the ThinOS 9.1.3112 eliminates the local USB driver dependency on the USB redirection feature.
From ThinOS 9.1.3112 onwards, you can directly use the USB redirection feature in a VDI session without attaching the USB
driver installed locally on your thin client. The local USB driver is automatically detached when using USB redirection in the VDI
session. As a result, the USB redirection in the VDI session is fast and more reliable.
After upgrade, if you are configuring the USB settings on your local thin client, do either of the following:
Using Global Connection Settings:
1. On the local ThinOS client, go to the Global Connection Settings > Session on local ThinOS UI.
2. Verify if the USB device redirection is selected, and click OK.
Using Admin Policy Tool:
1. On the Admin Policy Tool, go to Advanced > Session Settings > Global Session Settings > Local Resources and
USB redirection.
2. Ensure that the USB redirection option is enabled, and click Save and Publish.
Apply these setting changes when you are using the USB Redirection for the first time, after you upgrade from ThinOS 9.1.2X or
older versions to 9.1.3112. The setting changes are not required after the first instance. If you are configuring the USB settings
using Wyse Management Suite policy settings, you do not have to enable the USB redirection option again after upgrade.
There are no visible UI changes on the ThinOS client. However, the USB redirection speed is improved in the VDI session.
Enable Multimedia Redirection in Blast session
Steps
1. Access the VMware Horizon connection server from the browser.
2. Go to Settings > Global Policy.
3. Change the Multimedia Redirection (MMR) drop-down value to Allow.
The default value is Deny.
4. Click OK.
NOTE:
Multimedia Redirection (MMR) is enabled on ThinOS client side by default and there is no configuration item
to disable MMR from ThinOS client. To disable the MMR feature, select the value as Deny in the VMware Horizon
connection server. MMR feature uses Windows Media player as the default video player.
Configuring Windows Virtual Desktop
Windows Virtual Desktop is a comprehensive desktop and app virtualization service that runs on the cloud. You can access the
Windows Virtual Desktop resources that are created on Azure cloud from the ThinOS client.
Prerequisites
Ensure that you have an Azure Active Directory configured and Windows Virtual Desktop resources are deployed on the Azure
cloud.
About this task
This section describes how to configure the Windows Virtual Desktop broker setup on your thin client.
Steps
1. From the desktop menu, click System Setup > Remote Connections.
The Remote Connections dialog box is displayed.
2. On the Broker Setup tab, select Windows Virtual Desktop from the Select Broker Type drop-down list, and do the
following:
a. Select the Enable Windows Virtual Desktop check box to configure the Windows Virtual Desktop settings.
b. Select the Enable Workspace (MS-Prod) check box if you want to connect to a Workspace using the non-Azure
Resource Manager (ARM) based URL. Specify the following details:
Configuring connection brokers
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